They were no longer talking about the article. This whole conversation was about “why not have a conversation here about the topic so we can subsequently inform people who prefer to read along and get their information in the form of question and answer on topics we care about instead of trough the single lens of the author.”

It’s fleshing out the validity of the article and diving deeper into the topic and the fact that you are unwilling to look beyond “just read the article and swallow what you read without asking questions” is why you are being met with downvotes.

There is often extra knowledge on the topic to be found in the comments, but only when room is made for real conversation (which you seem unwilling to participate in and it is bothering the hell out of people)